Patents Assigned to Seiko Espon Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230270338
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a flexible substrate, a first light-emitting unit provided at the flexible substrate and configured to emit light toward a living body, and a first light-receiving unit provided at the flexible substrate and configured to receive light, based on the light exiting from the first light-emitting unit, from the living body. The first light-emitting unit is constituted by a flexible organic light-emitting diode, and the first light-receiving unit is constituted by a flexible organic photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TAJIRI, Takefumi FUKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11114001
    Abstract: A projector configured to generate a first image and a second image to be displayed by a projection section, the projection section displaying first pixels constituting the first image and second pixels constituting the second image so that the second pixels are shifted with respect to corresponding ones of the first pixels, includes a filter processing circuit configured to execute a filter process of limiting a frequency band of an image signal of an input image with a one-dimensional filter to generate an intermediate image, an image expanding circuit configured to expand the intermediate image to generate a second expanded image, and an image dividing circuit configured to divide some of second expanded pixels constituting the second expanded image into the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Saigo
  • Patent number: 10875333
    Abstract: An ink jet type printer includes a recording head that performs recording on a paper sheet by ejecting ink, a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction while supporting the recording head, and a power supply unit that supplies electricity to driving targets including a driving source of the carriage and the recording head. The power supply unit is disposed such that at least a part thereof overlaps with a moving region of the carriage on an upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shimomura, Hiroshi Shiohara, Akira Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20180093481
    Abstract: There is provided with a cartridge comprising a liquid supply portion; a contact portion that is located on a +Z-axis direction side of the liquid supply portion and that is arranged to contact with an electrical connecting element; and a positioning structure that is located between the liquid supply portion and the contact portion in a Z-axis direction. The liquid supply portion is configured to receive a first external force in a ?Y-axis direction from the liquid introducing structure when the liquid supply portion is connected with the liquid introducing structure. The contact portion is configured to receive a second external force in a direction including a ?Y-axis direction component from the electrical connecting element when the contact portion comes into contact with the electrical connecting element. This configuration suppresses position misalignment of the cartridge or a connector to a mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki HIRATA, Masahiro KARASAWA, Hiroshi NOSE, Takeshi KOMAKI, Naoki NAITO, Yuji AOKI, Tomoji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170163898
    Abstract: An imaging-displaying apparatus includes an imaging unit outputting an imaging signal; an image processing unit generating an image signal based on the imaging signal, and writing the signal in a VRAM; an image signal output unit outputting the image signal from the VRAM, and outputting the signal to the display unit; and a timing control unit generating an imaging vertical synchronizing signal for driving the imaging unit, generating a display vertical synchronizing signal obtained by delaying the imaging vertical synchronizing signal at least by a predetermined time which is necessary for a generation of an image signal, and supplying the signal to the display unit, and controlling an image signal output unit so that the image signal is read from the VRAM by being delayed by a phase difference between the imaging vertical synchronizing signal and the display vertical synchronizing signal, after outputting the imaging signal from the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuichi SHIOHARA
  • Patent number: 9395609
    Abstract: A projector supporting apparatus includes an adjusting mechanism that adjusts the position of a projector. The adjusting mechanism includes three support portions rotatable about respective three central axes, and an adjusting portion that individually rotates the three support portions. The adjusting portion includes a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a third extending portion respectively extending from the three support portions, and a first operating portion, a second operating portion, and a third operating portion capable of pushing and pulling the first extending portion, the second extending portion, and the third extending portion in directions intersecting the respective central axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Sakurai, Genta Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9372293
    Abstract: A variable wavelength interference filter includes a first substrate having a stationary mirror, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate and provided with a movable section and a movable mirror fixed to the movable section, and a third substrate bonded to the second substrate on an opposite side to the first substrate, and is provided with a first inner space sandwiched by the first substrate and the second substrate, a first gap, through which the first inner space communicates with the outside, a second inner space sandwiched by the second substrate and the third substrate, and a second gap, through which the second inner space communicates with the outside, and the first gap and the second gap are each sealed by a sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventor: Nozomu Hirokubo
  • Patent number: 9266340
    Abstract: A cartridge 5 is mounted on a carriage 8. The carriage 8 includes liquid introducing parts 710m, 710c and 710y and a guide projection 723. The guide projection 723 is extended from between the liquid introducing parts 710m and 710c toward the liquid introducing part 710y. The cartridge 5 includes an ink supply port 507m connectable with the liquid introducing part 710m to supply magenta ink to the liquid introducing part 710m, an ink supply port 507c connectable with the liquid introducing part 710c to supply cyan ink to the liquid introducing part 710c, an ink supply port 507y connectable with the liquid introducing part 710y to supply yellow ink to the liquid introducing part 710y, and a first groove 580. The first groove 580 is extended from between the ink supply port 507m and the ink supply port 507c toward the ink supply port 507y to allow for insertion of the guide projection 723. This configuration suppresses diffusion of ink leaked from any of the liquid supply ports of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Oya, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tadahiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9224908
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a scanning line and a data line intersecting each other, a pixel circuit provided at a position corresponding to an intersection of the scanning line and the data line, and a power supply wiring line that supplies a given potential. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element and a driving transistor configured to control a current flowing through the light emitting element. A gate electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected via a first relay electrode to a given node. The first relay electrode is formed in the same layer as the power supply wiring line and the data line. The first relay electrode is surrounded on at least three sides by the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kitazawa, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 8823610
    Abstract: A gate of a driving transistor is set to a offset level corresponding to the threshold of the driving transistor by an initializing current flowing between a source and a drain of the driving transistor or a compensating transistor for the driving transistor. A conduction state of the driving transistor is set according to a gate voltage of the gate of the driving transistor that corresponds to a data signal and the threshold of the driving transistor. A current of which a level corresponds to the conduction state and of which the direction is opposite to the direction of the initializing current flows through driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20130278694
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus including a tray detachably mounted on a tray support portion of an ink jet recording apparatus in which the tray includes a main body having a support surface to support a medium, two of a first positioning pin and second positioning pin which protrude toward a mounting surface on an opposite side of a setting surface of the main body and are used at the time of mounting the main body on the tray support portion, and the tray support portion includes two of a first hole portion and second hole portion in which the two positioning pins are inserted respectively, and a placing portion on which the tray is mounted in a state where the two positioning pins are inserted in the two hole portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TAKEUCHI, Kenji YANAGISHITA
  • Publication number: 20130135384
    Abstract: A photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording includes a metallic pigment, a polymerizable compound, and a polymerization initiator. The metallic pigment is a plate-like particle composed of a laminate including a metal or alloy layer and at least one selected from a resin layer and a silicon oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventor: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130068130
    Abstract: A water resistant aluminum pigment dispersion includes an aluminum pigment covered with a silica film, which is dispersed in an aqueous solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer A including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (3), a copolymer B including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (4), and a copolymer C including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the general formula (5)
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiko Epson Corporation
  • Publication number: 20080078740
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording head has a plate-shaped member including a first layer with a partition wall formed by a first etching process and defining a pressure chamber, an ink inlet passage and a common ink storage chamber, a second layer with a land formed by a second etching process so as to correspond to the pressure chamber, and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the first and the second layers. The recording head also has a pressure producing device disposed with its extremity in contact with the land, and a nozzle plate with a nozzle hole bonded to the front surface of the plate-shaped member. An ink particle is jetted through the nozzle hole when the pressure in the pressure chamber is changed by the pressure producing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20070177357
    Abstract: A processing device is disclosed. It includes a heat dissipation plate structure with a thermally conductive material, and a processor with a major surface. The processor generates heat when energized, and the heat dissipation plate structure is adapted to dissipate heat from the processor. A heat dissipating material is in contact with the processor and the heat dissipation plate structure. Pins in an array of pins are substantially parallel to each other and are substantially perpendicular to the major surface of the processor. The pins may be received in a socket assembly that is on a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Wakabayashi, Chitoshi Takayama, Tadashi Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 7237047
    Abstract: A data transfer control device including a buffer is provided which includes an EP2 area (a data storage area set to FIFO) and a CSW area (a randomly accessible status storage area), when data and a CSW are allocated as information to be transferred through one end point EP2. When a phase has switched from a USE data phase (data transport) to a status phase (status transport), the information read area is switched from the EP2 area to the CSW area. and IN data to be transferred from the end point EP2 to a host is read from the CSW area. A CSW0 area for success status and a CSW1 area for non-success status are provided, and a status block packet in which is set either success or non-success default information is previously written therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ishida, Yoshiyuki Kamihara
  • Publication number: 20070083811
    Abstract: In a method of editing contents of a plurality of items on a single display, it is drawn, on the display, a first image including a plurality of input sections each of which is associated with one of the items and includes a text box. When one of the items is selected, a input user interface associated with the selected one of the items and including a text box is provided, such that an appearance thereof is identical with one of the input sections corresponding to the selected one of the items. The input user interface is displayed in such a state that the input user interface is superposed on the one of the input sections. Editorial information of the selected one of the items is input to the text box of the input user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuo, Mieko Araki
  • Patent number: 7061127
    Abstract: To easily determine an orientation of a semiconductor device, a semiconductor device includes a substrate including electrode electrically connected to an integrated circuit, an external terminal electrically connected to the electrode, and a light transmissive insulation layer provided on the external terminal side of the substrate, and a mark provided on the substrate and covered by the insulation layer and recognizable through the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6810445
    Abstract: A data transfer control device and electronic equipment that make it possible to implement high-speed data transfer while observing restriction that prevent the traversing of page boundaries. A data transfer control device that conforms to the IEEE 1394 standard comprises a page table fetch circuit for fetching a page table from another node if a page table exists in a data buffer at the initiator, a page table creation circuit for creating a virtual page table if no page table exists, and an SBP-2 core for automatically dividing transfer data into a series of packets that do not traverse page boundaries based on the thus fetched or created page table and transmitting them. The page table creation circuit creates a page table in which a portion between a start address and a Kth page boundary is an X-type page table element, a portion between the Kth and Lth page boundaries is a Y-type page table element, and a portion between the Lth page boundary and an end address is a Z-type page table element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Hiroshi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20040085390
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flushing process for an ink jet recording apparatus that employs inks using pigments as coloring agents and moves a recording head along a guide shaft to flush the inks to flushing portions of a platen, in which a first flushing for flushing one of dark pigment ink(s) and light pigment ink(s) and a second flushing for flushing the other of the dark pigment ink(s) and the light pigment ink(s) are performed onto the same positions of the platen. Also provided is an ink jet recording apparatus that performs the flushing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Itano, Koji Morikoshi